Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Deep State doesn’t care about you or your laws

Still unconvinced we’re living in the midst of an Orwellian
nightmare? With the introduction of Apple’s new iPhone 6 that includes an improved
encryption system, the FBI went on a whine-spree about how dangerous this was
to national security that they couldn’t easily hack the phones. It culminated
last week with an appearance by FBI Director James Comey at the Brookings
Institute where he declared in a speech that Apple was creating an environment
where America “…is no longer a country governed by the rule of law.”

It’s ridiculous to even have to point out this Orwellian
double-speak to anyone over the age of five. Imagine, there are actually people
out here who don’t think the government should be able to listen in on their
conversations. They think that it might actually be against the law and
unconstitutional. So a company does something to try and reassure a very
nervous public that its phones are less likely to be bugged by the government,
and the government reacts as if this is high treason.

Simply put, our government no longer believes that Americans
have a right to privacy. The Constitution? Fuggetaboutit. We have secret courts
that hand out secret rulings that say anything we want to do is okay. The unelected
Deep State is not concerned with what Americans want or the rule of law, it’s
sole concern is its own survival.